GM has not yet required its 46,000 hourly workers to report their vaccination status, though they can disclose their status voluntarily, Raynal told Automotive News.
“In an effort to improve our data collection, we took the first step with our U.S. salaried employees to put a process in place for mandatory reporting. We will maintain the voluntary reporting of vaccine status and encourage our hourly employees to continue to report in the voluntary system,” she said.
Since vaccines have become available, GM has encouraged its work force to get vaccinated and hosted drives at assembly plants.
Many employees have returned to the workplace after working remotely for part of the pandemic. The company hasn’t outlined a definitive return-to-work plan. Instead, GM launched a remote work standard called “work appropriately.”
The guideline is designed to give employees the flexibility to work from wherever they are most efficient, GM said, and it gives the automaker access to a broader talent pool beyond its office locations.
